Lighting control apparatus of vehicle-purpose lighting device
First Claim
1. A lighting control apparatus of a vehicle-purpose lighting device comprising:
- light amount instruction value setting means to which information related to either a status of a vehicle or a lighting operation of a light source is inputted, the light amount instruction value setting means setting a light amount instruction value based on said information; and
electric power supplying means for supplying an input voltage from a power supply to a lower beam-purpose semiconductor light source in accordance with said light amount instruction value, wherein;
when information for indicating that a vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed value is inputted to said light amount instruction value setting means, said light amount instruction value setting means sets a light amount instruction value by which said lower beam-purpose semiconductor light source is lighted under beam-attenuating condition up to a light emitting degree capable of satisfying a predetermined luminous intensity distribution; and
when information for indicating that an upper beam-purpose light source is lighted is inputted to said light amount instruction value setting means, said light amount instruction value setting means sets a light amount instruction value such that a light emitting degree is lowered from that of said beam-attenuating lighting operation so as to light said lower beam-purpose semiconductor light source under beam-attenuating condition.
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Abstract
A lighting control apparatus of a vehicle-purpose lighting device can contribute power saving effect, and prevention of a deterioration of a semiconductor light source, and also, can maintain driving safety characteristics. When an input terminal becomes a low level while a vehicle is stopped, a PNP transistor is turned ON, so that a source current I1 flows through a current detecting terminal; a switching regulator lights an LED under beam attenuating operation of 70% in accordance with a light emitting degree capable of satisfying a luminous intensity distribution defined in a law; when an upper beam is lighted, the input terminal becomes a low level; a PNP transistor is turned ON; a source current I2 flows through the current detecting terminal, so that the light emitting degree of the LED is further decreased, and thus, the switching regulator lights the LED under beam attenuating operation of 50%.
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1. A lighting control apparatus of a vehicle-purpose lighting device comprising:
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light amount instruction value setting means to which information related to either a status of a vehicle or a lighting operation of a light source is inputted, the light amount instruction value setting means setting a light amount instruction value based on said information; and
electric power supplying means for supplying an input voltage from a power supply to a lower beam-purpose semiconductor light source in accordance with said light amount instruction value, wherein;
when information for indicating that a vehicle speed is lower than a predetermined speed value is inputted to said light amount instruction value setting means, said light amount instruction value setting means sets a light amount instruction value by which said lower beam-purpose semiconductor light source is lighted under beam-attenuating condition up to a light emitting degree capable of satisfying a predetermined luminous intensity distribution; and
when information for indicating that an upper beam-purpose light source is lighted is inputted to said light amount instruction value setting means, said light amount instruction value setting means sets a light amount instruction value such that a light emitting degree is lowered from that of said beam-attenuating lighting operation so as to light said lower beam-purpose semiconductor light source under beam-attenuating condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A lighting control apparatus of a vehicle-purpose lighting device comprising:
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a semiconductor lower beam-purpose light source powered by an input voltage from an electric power supply;
control circuitry that changes an amount of the input voltage based on control information;
wherein the control information is at least one selected from the group consisting of a status of a vehicle, a lighting state of an upper beam-purpose light source, and an ambient temperature. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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